President Trump believes North Korea will keep word on missile tests
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Saturday he believes North Korea will abide by its pledge to suspend missile tests while he prepares for a summit by May with the North's leader, Kim Jong Un.President Trump noted in a tweet that North Korea has refrained from such tests since November and said Kim "has promised not to do so through our meetings.""I believe they will honor that commitment," the president wrote.The president continued the optimistic tone Saturday night when he led a rally for the Republican candidate in a special House race in western Pennsylvania.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Saturday he believes North Korea will abide by its pledge to suspend missile tests while he prepares for a summit by May with the North's leader, Kim Jong Un.President Trump noted in a tweet that North Korea has refrained from such tests since November and said Kim "has promised not to do so through our meetings.""I believe they will honor that commitment," the president wrote.The president continued the optimistic tone Saturday night when he led a rally for the Republican candidate in a special House race in western Pennsylvania.
Pres. Trump urges support for GOP House candidate
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The Latest on President Donald Trump's rally for a Pennsylvania Republican running in a special House election (all times local):8:30 p.m.President Donald Trump is calling for harsh punishments for drug dealers, including potentially the death penalty.President Trump says countries like Singapore have fewer issues with drug addiction because of how much more harshly they punish their dealers.President Trump says, "the only way to solve the drug problem is through toughness." President Trump is making the case that a person can get the death penalty or life in prison for shooting a single person, but a drug dealer can kill thousands and spend little or no time in jail.He says they're "killing our kids, they're killing our families, they're killing our workers"President Trump is questioning whether the U.S. is ready for laws like Singapore's or China's.
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The Latest on President Donald Trump's rally for a Pennsylvania Republican running in a special House election (all times local):8:30 p.m.President Donald Trump is calling for harsh punishments for drug dealers, including potentially the death penalty.President Trump says countries like Singapore have fewer issues with drug addiction because of how much more harshly they punish their dealers.President Trump says, "the only way to solve the drug problem is through toughness." President Trump is making the case that a person can get the death penalty or life in prison for shooting a single person, but a drug dealer can kill thousands and spend little or no time in jail.He says they're "killing our kids, they're killing our families, they're killing our workers"President Trump is questioning whether the U.S. is ready for laws like Singapore's or China's.
Watchdog group: DOJ should investigate porn actress payment
WASHINGTON — A nonprofit watchdog group has asked the Justice Department and the Office of Government Ethics to investigate whether a secret payment to an adult film actress made prior to the 2016 presidential election may have violated federal law because Donald Trump did not list it on his financial disclosure forms.Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington lodged the civil and criminal complaint on Thursday.
WASHINGTON — A nonprofit watchdog group has asked the Justice Department and the Office of Government Ethics to investigate whether a secret payment to an adult film actress made prior to the 2016 presidential election may have violated federal law because Donald Trump did not list it on his financial disclosure forms.Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington lodged the civil and criminal complaint on Thursday.
Trump Org says it donated $151,470 in profits to US Treasury
WASHINGTON — The Trump Organization has donated $151,470 in foreign government profits at its hotels and similar businesses last year to the U.S. Treasury, an executive said in a statement Friday.George Sorial, the executive vice president and chief compliance counsel, said the Feb. 22 voluntary donation fulfills the company's pledge to donate profits from foreign government patronage while Donald Trump is president.The company said last week that it had made a donation, but refused to disclose the amount.
WASHINGTON — The Trump Organization has donated $151,470 in foreign government profits at its hotels and similar businesses last year to the U.S. Treasury, an executive said in a statement Friday.George Sorial, the executive vice president and chief compliance counsel, said the Feb. 22 voluntary donation fulfills the company's pledge to donate profits from foreign government patronage while Donald Trump is president.The company said last week that it had made a donation, but refused to disclose the amount.
Pres. Trump accepts offer to meet Kim Jong Un by May
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- North Korea has invited President Donald Trump to meet their leader Kim Jong Un, and President Trump will meet with the North Korean leader by May, the South Korean national security adviser announced Thursday at the White House.President Trump told reporters Thursday that South Korea will make a "major announcement" concerning North Korea at 6 p.m. CT.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- North Korea has invited President Donald Trump to meet their leader Kim Jong Un, and President Trump will meet with the North Korean leader by May, the South Korean national security adviser announced Thursday at the White House.President Trump told reporters Thursday that South Korea will make a "major announcement" concerning North Korea at 6 p.m. CT.
'Going to be very fair:' Pres. Trump announces stiff trade tariffs, unswayed by warnings
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, surrounded by steelworkers, signs proclamations to impose steep tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum.After a week of hints and uncertainty, President Trump said Thursday he would soon announce tariffs on imported steel and aluminum but with temporary exemptions for Canada and Mexico as he seeks to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, surrounded by steelworkers, signs proclamations to impose steep tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum.After a week of hints and uncertainty, President Trump said Thursday he would soon announce tariffs on imported steel and aluminum but with temporary exemptions for Canada and Mexico as he seeks to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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'Asked a lot of questions:' President Donald Trump meets with video game execs and critics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump raised concerns about the graphic depiction of violence in video games at a White House meeting Thursday with members of the industry and some of their most vocal critics.Searching for ways to respond to last month's Florida school shooting, President Trump has questioned the impact of video games, although decades of research have failed to find a link between gun violence and graphic depictions of violence in games.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump raised concerns about the graphic depiction of violence in video games at a White House meeting Thursday with members of the industry and some of their most vocal critics.Searching for ways to respond to last month's Florida school shooting, President Trump has questioned the impact of video games, although decades of research have failed to find a link between gun violence and graphic depictions of violence in games.
White House says some countries may get tariff exemptions
WASHINGTON -- The White House said Wednesday that Mexico, Canada and other countries may be spared from President Donald Trump's planned steel and aluminum tariffs under national security "carve-outs," a move that could soften the blow amid threats of retaliation by trading partners and dire economic warnings from lawmakers and business groups.Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters the exemptions would be made on a "case by case" and "country by country" basis, a reversal from the policy articulated by the White House just days ago that there would be no exemptions from Trump's plan.The announcement came as congressional Republicans and business groups braced for the impact of expected tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum, appearing resigned to additional protectionist trade actions as Trump signaled upcoming economic battles with China.The looming departure of White House economic adviser Gary Cohn, a former Goldman Sachs executive who has opposed the promised tariffs, set off anxiety among business leaders and investors worried about a potential trade war.The White House said Trump was expected to make a final announcement by the end of the week and officials were working to include language in the tariffs that would give Trump the flexibility to approve exemptions for certain countries."He's already indicated a degree of flexibility, I think a very sensible, very balanced degree of flexibility," Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told CNBC. "We're not trying to blow up the world."Trump signaled other trade actions could be in the works.
WASHINGTON -- The White House said Wednesday that Mexico, Canada and other countries may be spared from President Donald Trump's planned steel and aluminum tariffs under national security "carve-outs," a move that could soften the blow amid threats of retaliation by trading partners and dire economic warnings from lawmakers and business groups.Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters the exemptions would be made on a "case by case" and "country by country" basis, a reversal from the policy articulated by the White House just days ago that there would be no exemptions from Trump's plan.The announcement came as congressional Republicans and business groups braced for the impact of expected tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum, appearing resigned to additional protectionist trade actions as Trump signaled upcoming economic battles with China.The looming departure of White House economic adviser Gary Cohn, a former Goldman Sachs executive who has opposed the promised tariffs, set off anxiety among business leaders and investors worried about a potential trade war.The White House said Trump was expected to make a final announcement by the end of the week and officials were working to include language in the tariffs that would give Trump the flexibility to approve exemptions for certain countries."He's already indicated a degree of flexibility, I think a very sensible, very balanced degree of flexibility," Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told CNBC. "We're not trying to blow up the world."Trump signaled other trade actions could be in the works.
'Null and void:' Porn star sues President Trump over nondisclosure agreement
LOS ANGELES — An adult film actress is suing President Donald Trump and wants a California judge to invalidate a nondisclosure agreement she signed days before the 2016 presidential election.The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles, alleges the agreement is "null and void and of no consequence" because President Trump didn't personally sign it.Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has claimed she had sex with President Trump once and then carried on a yearslong platonic relationship.
LOS ANGELES — An adult film actress is suing President Donald Trump and wants a California judge to invalidate a nondisclosure agreement she signed days before the 2016 presidential election.The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles, alleges the agreement is "null and void and of no consequence" because President Trump didn't personally sign it.Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has claimed she had sex with President Trump once and then carried on a yearslong platonic relationship.
Trump administration sues California over 'sanctuary' laws
CALIFORNIA -- The Trump administration is suing to block California laws that extend protections for immigrants living in the United States illegally.The lawsuit says three state laws intentionally undermine federal immigration law.
CALIFORNIA -- The Trump administration is suing to block California laws that extend protections for immigrants living in the United States illegally.The lawsuit says three state laws intentionally undermine federal immigration law.
'Reconsider this policy:' Gov. Walker hits the road to battle President Trump's tariffs
OSHKOSH — Wisconsin Gov.
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Top Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn leaving White House over trade
WASHINGTON — Top Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn is leaving the White House after breaking with President Donald Trump on trade policy.Cohn, the director of the National Economic Council, has been the leading internal opponent to President Trump's planned tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum.
WASHINGTON — Top Trump economic adviser Gary Cohn is leaving the White House after breaking with President Donald Trump on trade policy.Cohn, the director of the National Economic Council, has been the leading internal opponent to President Trump's planned tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum.
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Pres. Trump blames Democrats for failing to fix DACA by March 5
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is blaming Democrats for failing to pass legislation extending protections for young immigrants that he has tried to end.President Trump tweets, "It's March 5th and the Democrats are nowhere to be found on DACA." He says, "We are ready to make a deal!"President Trump announced last year he was ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, but asked Congress to come up with a legislative fix in six months.President Trump had insisted that any legislation saving DACA had to be coupled with funding for his border wall and an overhaul of the legal immigration system.Democrats and some Republicans balked at those demands.White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders is blaming both parties for the failure, saying it's "absolutely terrible that Congress has failed to act."
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is blaming Democrats for failing to pass legislation extending protections for young immigrants that he has tried to end.President Trump tweets, "It's March 5th and the Democrats are nowhere to be found on DACA." He says, "We are ready to make a deal!"President Trump announced last year he was ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, but asked Congress to come up with a legislative fix in six months.President Trump had insisted that any legislation saving DACA had to be coupled with funding for his border wall and an overhaul of the legal immigration system.Democrats and some Republicans balked at those demands.White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders is blaming both parties for the failure, saying it's "absolutely terrible that Congress has failed to act."
Pres. Trump says he won't back down on tariffs plan despite trade war concerns
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump insisted Monday that he's "not backing down" on his plan to impose stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminum despite anxious warnings from House Speaker Paul Ryan and other congressional Republicans of a possible trade war.The president said that North American neighbors Canada and Mexico would not get any relief from his plan to place the tariffs on the imports but suggested he might be willing to exempt the two longstanding allies if they agreed to better terms for the North American Free Trade Agreement."No, we're not backing down," President Trump said in the Oval Office, seated with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "We've had a very bad deal with Mexico, we've had a very bad deal with Canada — it's called NAFTA," Trump said.The president opened the door to exempting the two countries from the planned tariffs, telling reporters, "that would be, I would imagine, one of the points that we'll negotiate." But he added, "If they aren't going to make a fair NAFTA deal, we're just going to leave it this way."President Trump spoke shortly after a spokeswoman for House Speaker Ryan said the GOP leader was "extremely worried" about the tariffs setting off a trade war and had urged the White House "to not advance with this plan." Republican leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee, meanwhile, circulated a letter opposing President Trump's tariff plan.The administration says the tariffs are necessary to preserve the American industries — and that imposing them is a national security imperative.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump insisted Monday that he's "not backing down" on his plan to impose stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminum despite anxious warnings from House Speaker Paul Ryan and other congressional Republicans of a possible trade war.The president said that North American neighbors Canada and Mexico would not get any relief from his plan to place the tariffs on the imports but suggested he might be willing to exempt the two longstanding allies if they agreed to better terms for the North American Free Trade Agreement."No, we're not backing down," President Trump said in the Oval Office, seated with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "We've had a very bad deal with Mexico, we've had a very bad deal with Canada — it's called NAFTA," Trump said.The president opened the door to exempting the two countries from the planned tariffs, telling reporters, "that would be, I would imagine, one of the points that we'll negotiate." But he added, "If they aren't going to make a fair NAFTA deal, we're just going to leave it this way."President Trump spoke shortly after a spokeswoman for House Speaker Ryan said the GOP leader was "extremely worried" about the tariffs setting off a trade war and had urged the White House "to not advance with this plan." Republican leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee, meanwhile, circulated a letter opposing President Trump's tariff plan.The administration says the tariffs are necessary to preserve the American industries — and that imposing them is a national security imperative.
President Trump, Prime Minister Netanyahu visit comes amid legal distractions for both
WASHINGTON — There's much to celebrate but plenty of cause for trepidation, too, as President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet Monday at the White House.For all his talk about brokering the "ultimate deal" between Israelis and Palestinians, President Trump's long-awaited peace plan has yet to arrive, even as Palestinians and other critics insist it will be dead on arrival.
WASHINGTON — There's much to celebrate but plenty of cause for trepidation, too, as President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet Monday at the White House.For all his talk about brokering the "ultimate deal" between Israelis and Palestinians, President Trump's long-awaited peace plan has yet to arrive, even as Palestinians and other critics insist it will be dead on arrival.